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Case Definitions for Use in the Mpox Response

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These case definitions from the CDC enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions. Surveillance case definitions are not intended to be used by healthcare providers for making a clinical diagnosis or determining how to meet an individual patient’s health needs.

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Disinfecting Home and Other Non-Healthcare Settings

To prevent the spread to others when staying at home (isolating), people with mpox should follow the guidance in this CDC resource until the mpox rash has healed and a new layer of skin has formed.

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Mpox Resources from Greater Than

Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, Acting Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, provides the latest on mpox in this FAQ series from KFF and CDC.

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